![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Iago leaves, not wanting anyone to find out that he betrayed his own leader. Brabantio panics, and calls for a search party to find Desdemona. Though Roderigo speaks to Brabantio, Iago is there too, hidden, yelling unsavory things about Othello and his intentions toward Desdemona. Brabantio knows nothing of this coupling Iago decides to enlist Roderigo, who lusts after Desdemona, to awaken Brabantio with screams that his daughter is gone.Īt first, Brabantio dismisses these cries in the dark but when he realizes his daughter is not at home, he gives the news some credence. Iago is aware that Desdemona, the daughter of Brabantio, a Venetian nobleman of some stature, has run off with Othello, the black warrior of the Moors. Iago says that he only serves Othello to further himself, and makes shows of his allegiance only for his own gain he is playing false, and admits that his nature is not at all what it seems. Though Iago is seasoned in battle, Cassio, a man of strategy but little practical experience, was named Othello's lieutenant. Othello begins in the city of Venice, at night Roderigo is having a discussion with Iago, who is bitter about being passed up for a military post. ![]()
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